生肖
shēng xiào
Pinyin

Definition

生肖
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shēng xiào
  1. one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
  2. animal from the Chinese zodiac

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nǚ shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

我们常常在起名时营造符合生肖的生活环境，借此预示宝宝生活舒适，顺风顺水。比如生肖为兔、马、羊、牛的这些生肖，则起名用“茵”“草”“荫”等和草地相关的字。
wǒmen chángcháng zài qǐmíng shí yíngzào fúhé shēngxiào de shēnghuó huánjìng ，jiècǐ yùshì bǎobao shēnghuó shūshì ，shùnfēng shùnshuǐ 。bǐrú shēngxiào wèi tù 、mǎ 、yáng 、niú de zhèxiē shēngxiào ，zé qǐmíng yòng “yīn ”“cǎo ”“yìn ”děng hé cǎodì xiāngguān de zì 。
When choosing a name we often use a character that fits with the habitat of the animals of the zodiac, which is used to predict that the baby will have a comfortable life and that things will go well for him or her. For example, with zodiac animals like the rabbit, the horse, the goat and the ox, you get names with characters with the grass radical on the top, like "茵", meaning "mattress", "草", meaning "grass" and "荫" meaning "shade".
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其次按照生肖来起名，十二生肖为，鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪，里面有生活在森林草地的动物，有生活在山岩峭壁的动物。
qícì ànzhào shēngxiào lái qǐmíng ，shí èr shēngxiào wèi ，shǔ niú hǔ tù lóng shé mǎ yáng hóu jī gǒu zhū ，lǐmiàn yǒu shēnghuó zài sēnlín cǎodì de dòngwù ，yǒu shēnghuó zài shānyán qiàobì de dòngwù 。
Then you name them using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve animals are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Among them all there are those that live in the forest, those that live in the meadows and those that live in among the mountains.
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我们应该交换生肖，我属鸡，你属猴。
wǒmen yīnggāi jiāohuàn shēngxiào ，wǒ shǔ jī ，nǐ shǔ hóu 。
We should swap our Chinese zodiac signs. I'll be a rooster and you can be a monkey.
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十二生肖
shí èr shēngxiào
The 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.
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我是属老鼠。我是第一个生肖，排在最前面的。
wǒ shì shǔ lǎoshǔ 。wǒ shì dì yī ge shēngxiào ，pái zài zuì qiánmian de 。
I'm a mouse. I'm the first animal sign at the very front.
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生肖好，宝宝的命就好嘛。
shēngxiào hǎo ，bǎobao de mìng jiù hǎo ma 。
If he's born under a lucky sign, the baby's life will be good.
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有些生肖就是不吉利，比如羊啊、牛啊。
yǒu xiē shēngxiào jiùshì bù jílì ，bǐrú yáng a 、niú a 。
Some zodiac signs are not auspicious, like the ram and the bull.
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大家都喜欢的生肖才不好呢。
dàjiā dōu xǐhuan de shēngxiào cái bù hǎo ne 。
The popular zodiac signs are actually the worst.
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